developmental psychology

scientific study of changes that occur in human beings over the course of their lives
Intangible branch_of_psychology Q175002
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Summary

developmental psychology is a branch of psychology[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of branch of psychology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,006 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: psychology[3]
  • Part of: psychology[4], applied and developmental psychology[5]
  • Commons category: Developmental psychology[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Developmental psychology[7]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[9], Lexicon van de jeugdliteratuur[10]
  • Partially coincident with: child psychology[11]
  • Topic has template: Template:Human psychological development[12]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://psychology.stackexchange.com/tags/developmental-psychology[13]
  • Is the study of: language development[14]
  • Practiced by: developmental psychologist[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
  • P10203: 3204[17]

Why It Matters

developmental psychology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . dbnl.org. Retrieved . dbnl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Superraptor123 · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → branch of psychology
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  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1R8Acu
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  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002340-vyvojova-psychologie
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